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About me

As a designer I am interested in exploring function and aesthetics within textile and garment design. My current work pushes the boundaries of cross-disciplinary textiles, combining knitted and woven textiles and developing techniques to join the two structures. Through this design process I have developed a collection of functional womenswear garments that display innovative transitions in textiles.

Skills

Hand Weaving

Textiles

Knitting Machine

Jacquard Design

Hand Knitting

Design Research

Creative Research

Garment Construction

Mixed Media

Material Exploration

Work history

2016

Textile Designer

Dobert Textile Group

Jun 2016 - Jul 2016

Barcelona, Spain

Internship

My role was to create hand-woven fashion fabrics and hand-drawn jacquard designs, research and develop trends and modernise archived fabrics.

2015

Textile Designer

Awamaki

Sep 2015 - Dec 2015

Peru

Internship

My roles at Awamaki were many and varied; I designed a collection of textiles and accessories, developed trends, worked with natural dyes to create unique colour stories and hand-finished bespoke interior textile pieces. I also initiated and ran a series of design workshops with rural communities of weavers, knitters and spinners, promoting sustainable and ethical making and empowering female artisans.

2015

Weaver

Woven Studios

Jun 2015 - Sep 2015

London, United Kingdom

Internship

At Woven I worked as part of a team developing custom jacquard and hand-woven fashion fabrics, weaving trims, fancy tweeds and lightweight shirting, designing scarf embellishments and creating inspiration boards.

2014

Weaver

Leto and Ariadne

Jun 2014 - Aug 2014

Stroud, United Kingdom

Internship

I spent my time at Leto and Ariadne hand-weaving silk scarves for both the menswear and womenswear markets.

Education

Currently

MDes Textiles Design with Business Studies

University of Brighton

Sep 2013

Brighton, United Kingdom

This course has well equipped me with skills in both creative design and professional business and market awareness. My final collection explores the transitions between different structures, combining woven and knitted textiles and exploring the application of new techniques to garment construction.

2013

Art Foundation

Stroud College

Sep 2012 - Jun 2013

Stroud, United Kingdom

Through a broad exploration of art and design techniques, this course led to a focused study of colour, pattern and materials relating to fashion and textile outcomes.

2012

A Levels

Wynstones Steiner School

Sep 2004 - Jun 2012

Gloucester, United Kingdom

Steiner education provided an alternative learning experience, constantly combining academia and creativity and exploring arts and hand-craft from an early age.